FSSAI directs e-commerce platforms to adhere to norms for health, energy drinks classification

[ad_1] The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has directed e-commerce players to “promptly rectify” misclassification of certain products that are being sold as “health drinks” or “energy drinks” on their platforms. It said this corrective action is...

Cropin, Amazon Web Services to build tech solution to address global food security

[ad_1] Agtech player Cropin Technology and Amazon Web Services (AWS) India Pvt Ltd have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) focused on enabling Cropin to build a solution to address the issue of global hunger and food insecurity. This initiative...

Millet cultivation boosts incomes of Uttarakhand farmers by 10-20%, finds IIM study

[ad_1] The Government’s push for millet crops has led to the increase in annual incomes of nearly three-fourths of the millet growers in Uttarakhand by about 10 to 20 per cent, reveals a study conducted by the Indian Institute of...

Shift to natural farming can turn out to be revolutionary change, says ICRIER study

[ad_1] A shift to natural farming can turn out to be a revolutionary change, policy advocacy group ICRIER  (Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations) said in a report citing instances of Andhra Pradesh where yields ‘seemed’ to have...

‘India needs to focus on coalition building at WTO to keep protecting farmers, fishers’ interest

[ad_1] India managed to protect its interests in agriculture and fisheries at the 13th WTO Ministerial Conference in Abu Dhabi last week but needs to focus more on coalition building to keep new issues out of the multilateral framework and...

‘India needs to focus on coalition building at WTO to keep protecting farmers, fishers’ interest’

[ad_1] India managed to protect its interests in agriculture and fisheries at the 13th WTO Ministerial Conference in Abu Dhabi last week but needs to focus more on coalition building to keep new issues out of the multilateral framework and...